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Council Tax - Help?
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DantesNecromancer
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Hi everyone, I've got an issue with council tax and I wondered if anyone could help.
The day before yesterday, at around 7am, my partner opened the door to someone bashing madly and it was a bailiff about this years council tax. My partner, not knowing better, let him in which was mistake number one, obviously.
Anyway, I made an arrangement to pay £10 a week (all I have spare) which the bailiff from Marstons accepted. I went to the bank leaving my partner with the bailiff to get the £10 and the bailiff met me there with my partner after I had a nasty back spasm and couldn't move.
During the time it took for me to get to the bank and them to get to me (10 minutes) somehow, my partner had offered to pay £100 a month of his own money to the bailiff so when I said, "how do I sort out the £10 a week payment?" He told me my partner had offered more, he accepted it and there was no changing it now.
Nothing was signed except a receipt for £10 I gave him, no levy was done and no walking possession thingy.
Is it legal to change the terms of the repayment on me when I agreed £10 a week when it's my name on the tax bill?
The day before yesterday, at around 7am, my partner opened the door to someone bashing madly and it was a bailiff about this years council tax. My partner, not knowing better, let him in which was mistake number one, obviously.
Anyway, I made an arrangement to pay £10 a week (all I have spare) which the bailiff from Marstons accepted. I went to the bank leaving my partner with the bailiff to get the £10 and the bailiff met me there with my partner after I had a nasty back spasm and couldn't move.
During the time it took for me to get to the bank and them to get to me (10 minutes) somehow, my partner had offered to pay £100 a month of his own money to the bailiff so when I said, "how do I sort out the £10 a week payment?" He told me my partner had offered more, he accepted it and there was no changing it now.
Nothing was signed except a receipt for £10 I gave him, no levy was done and no walking possession thingy.
Is it legal to change the terms of the repayment on me when I agreed £10 a week when it's my name on the tax bill?
Escaped abusive marriage - 22nd October 2014 | Light Bulb Moment - 25th November 2015 - Going to face down my debt.
Savings - £20.70
Savings - £20.70
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Was any controlled goods agreement signed ?I no longer work in Council Tax Recovery but instead work as a specialist Council Tax paralegal assisting landlords and Council Tax payers with council tax disputes and valuation tribunals. My views are my own reading of the law and you should always check with the local authority in question.0
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Nothing was signed at all except for that receipt he gave me outside the bank for £10 I gave him, that's it. At first I was scared stupid, but then things didn't add up so That's why I'm posting here
Escaped abusive marriage - 22nd October 2014 | Light Bulb Moment - 25th November 2015 - Going to face down my debt.
Savings - £20.700 -
Did your partner hand over the £100?0
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No Thrugelmir, he handed over nothing, signed nothing and the only thing I signed was the receipt. It's the bailiff that said he'd verbally agreed that amount with my partner and that's the amount that had to be paid, regardless of the fact that ten minutes earlier, he'd agreed to the £10 per week I told him I could spare to pay the debt off.Escaped abusive marriage - 22nd October 2014 | Light Bulb Moment - 25th November 2015 - Going to face down my debt.
Savings - £20.700 -
DantesNecromancer wrote: »Nothing was signed at all except for that receipt he gave me outside the bank for £10 I gave him, that's it. At first I was scared stupid, but then things didn't add up so That's why I'm posting here
A Control of Goods agreement is not valid if it's not signed & you are not given a copy. He has no control over any goods as security against any payment arrangement.
If you didn't keep to an arrangement then he's back to square one as he cannot enforce a Control of Goods agreement against you.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1894/regulation/15/made
I no longer work in Council Tax Recovery but instead work as a specialist Council Tax paralegal assisting landlords and Council Tax payers with council tax disputes and valuation tribunals. My views are my own reading of the law and you should always check with the local authority in question.0 -
Thank you!
Is there any way he can force entry into the house again and write one then? I just want to make sure before I go complaining about him trying to make arrangements with someone who had no authority to act on my behalf behind my back!Escaped abusive marriage - 22nd October 2014 | Light Bulb Moment - 25th November 2015 - Going to face down my debt.
Savings - £20.700 -
DantesNecromancer wrote: »Thank you!
Is there any way he can force entry into the house again and write one then? I just want to make sure before I go complaining about him trying to make arrangements with someone who had no authority to act on my behalf behind my back!
They can't force entry as they have no control of goods.
The problem you have is that the payment offer was made by your partner to the enforcement agent and not solicited by him. He should have checked but your partner shouldn't have made the offer if he had permission to do so from you. It seems they are both equally guilty on that point.
I would stick to pointing out they don't have a valid control of goods agreement or proof you even agreed an arrangement.I no longer work in Council Tax Recovery but instead work as a specialist Council Tax paralegal assisting landlords and Council Tax payers with council tax disputes and valuation tribunals. My views are my own reading of the law and you should always check with the local authority in question.0 -
So I can stop him from entering as if he never had in the first place while I sort this out with the council? I'm sorry if I'm annoying, I just want to be absolutely clear Escaped abusive marriage - 22nd October 2014 | Light Bulb Moment - 25th November 2015 - Going to face down my debt.
Savings - £20.700 -
DantesNecromancer wrote: »So I can stop him from entering as if he never had in the first place while I sort this out with the council? I'm sorry if I'm annoying, I just want to be absolutely clear
He would have the standard powers of entry of walking in through an unlocked door but nothing more unless he had security on goods which he wanted to remove.I no longer work in Council Tax Recovery but instead work as a specialist Council Tax paralegal assisting landlords and Council Tax payers with council tax disputes and valuation tribunals. My views are my own reading of the law and you should always check with the local authority in question.0 -
You are absolutely wonderful, thank you!Escaped abusive marriage - 22nd October 2014 | Light Bulb Moment - 25th November 2015 - Going to face down my debt.
Savings - £20.700
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